A TEENAGE boy from Dudley is due in court charged with four counts of possessing crack cocaine and heroin with intent to supply and possessing a knife in public.

The charges come after the arrest of a teenager in St Stephen's Street, Bristol, on Thursday afternoon (August 1).

A boy, aged 16, from Dudley, appeared before Bristol magistrates on Friday August 2 and was remanded in secure accommodation pending a further hearing on Wednesday August 7.

Police are now working with social services and other agencies to safeguard the teenager.